Xie Tong and his cadres and other 40,000 horses went north, walked for about a month, bypassed Luoyang, overcame thorns and thorns, went through thousands of difficulties and obstacles, and finally arrived at Tongguan. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the past month, Xie Tong has heard a lot of news along the way, most of which is extremely negative and unfavorable to the Tang Army.

The Tang army was defeated in Tianchang, the Tang army was defeated in Xuanzhou, and it was also said that Song Wenyuan broke Zhu Wen and beheaded Zhu Wen, and all kinds of news followed, which made it impossible to distinguish which one was true and which one was false, but Xie Tong didn't believe in those good news, what kind of person is Zhu Wenyuan, how could it be that Song Wenyuan and other rats can be defeated, not to mention beheading, I'm afraid it's a blessing if the whole army is not destroyed.

When resisting Tongguan, the four gates of Tongguan were closed, because the war had swept the Central Plains, and Xie Tong's army was of unknown origin, there was no record in the resume, and it was directly rejected by the Tongguan guards, and Tongguan immediately entered a state of readiness and could attack them at any time.

Now that they are the remnants of the defeated army, the army is exhausted, and they still have the ability to deal with the attack of the Tang army.

Xie Tong drove his horse forward alone and came to the tall city wall of Tongguan.

Before he could get closer, the general at the head of the city shouted, "Whoever is coming, don't let me leave quickly, otherwise the sword will have no eyes." ”

Xie Tong shouted, "I want to ask to see General Yuwen Yishuo, please let me know." ”

Seeing that there was no reaction from the city, Xie Tong boldly rode a horse closer, and suddenly, as soon as the herald raised his hand, arrows fell like raindrops, shooting towards him one after another, Xie Tong was startled, and hurriedly rode to the rear.

Xie Tong retreated ten miles with interest and set up camp outside the city.

After the camp was installed, everyone walked into the camp tent to rest, Huo Zixin was angry, and said, "Although we are a defeated army, how can we also resist the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of Huangchao, Yuwen Yishuo dares to snub us so much, it is simply unreasonable!"

Xie Tong said thoughtfully, "If there is chaos today, the war continues, everyone must be cautious, Yuwen Yishuo is loyal to the Tang Empire, in this extremely unfavorable situation in front of him, he can't figure out the routine, and it is fortunate not to come to fight us."

Cai Wei said unhappily, "Hmph, it's all timid and scared, Xie Tong, we won't go to Tongguan, the world is so big, isn't there a place for us?"

The tent was suddenly silent, and only she could say such a big rebellion.

Xie Tong pondered for a moment, he didn't think about being unique, but this is really too difficult, first of all, the name is not right, if he raises the flag, it will be the same as the nature of the Yellow Nest, after all, he will be called a rebellion, he himself has no ambition, he doesn't want to be the emperor, he doesn't want to dominate the world, not to mention how difficult it is to dominate the world, it can be said that there is a long way to go.

And digging the treasure, now it has become extremely difficult, Huang Chao led the army to the north, the first target is Luoyang, there is no doubt that Luoyang is now a ban, not a single fly can fly out, he can only sigh at the treasure empty.

Right now, their remnants, the road from Xiangyang to Tongguan, are so difficult that they are almost exhausted, and it is out of reach to find a place to live, so they still have the ability to delusion!

For a while, he made up his mind to go and see Yuwen Yishuo, and he was very sad to see how he reacted.

Thinking of this, he stood up and said, "Come on, prepare a horse for me!"

Everyone said in unison, "Where are you going?"

Xie Tong smiled bitterly and said, "I'm going to see Yuwen Yishuo!"

"Crazy, you are crazy", Huo Zixin said unabashedly, "Xie Tong, why are you so spineless, just under the city, have you forgotten how Yuwen Yishuo treated you?

Xie Tong sighed and said, "More than 40,000 people, it has reached the point of running out of ammunition and food, can I watch my brothers starving, let's give it a try!"

Lao Lai said, "I agree with Brother Xie's thoughts, our position is the Tang Empire after all, we have been fighting for the empire before, and the entire empire knows our achievements, presumably Yuwen Yishuo is a little difficult, but he is a reasonable person, he will be able to handle this matter properly, while it is not dark, let's go!"

Everyone has been chewing on what Lao Lai said, his words are not unreasonable, they can't oppose it, let alone go along with Huang Chao, they can only be incorporated into the army of the imperial court.

In the expectant eyes of everyone, the two got up and walked out of the camp tent and came to Tongguan City again.

Tongguan has not yet changed its guard, and the general who is still in charge of commanding is still which one.

Xie Tong shouted first, "Please let this commander report it, I, Xie Tong, I have something to ask to see General Yuwen Yishuo!"

Surprisingly, this time the Tang army did not respond to them with a rain of arrows, and after a while, the general at the head of the city said, "The general has an order, order the two of you to enter the city!"

The heavy city gate opened in a creaking sound, Xie Tong and the others drove their horses into the city, and as soon as they entered the city, the gate behind them was closed, and the team of people and horses surrounded the two and walked slowly towards the city lord's mansion.

After a short time, they had already arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, and under the leadership of the guards, the two came to the outside of Yuwen Yishuo's living room, and Xie Tong was about to go in.

One of the guards stopped him and shouted, "Please unarm your weapons!"

Lao Lai said unhappily, "Bastard, don't look at who we are, we have such an attitude!

The guards panicked suddenly, and didn't know what to do!

Suddenly, a loud voice came from the hall, "Distinguished guests are coming, don't be rude, let them in!"

The guards hurriedly stepped aside.

Xie Tong tidied up his clothes and strode into the hall.

Lao Lai walked into the hall and said angrily, "General Yuwen has such a big pomp, even his brothers have played routines, I really admire!"

Yuwen Yishuo sat on the chair in the center, his eyes shot a dazzling brilliance, almost observed the two of them, for a while, before he said, "The two are my brothers, but on the issue of right and wrong, I Yuwen Yishuo does not talk about brotherhood, such as today's chaos, Yuwen Yishuo was ordered by the saint to stick to Tongguan, in order to resist the strong enemy, now the situation is unknown, of course you have to be careful, this has nothing to do with brotherhood, I hope the two can understand!"

These words are so loud that people can't find the slightest fault.

Lao Lai said unhappily, "Then may I ask General Yuwen, are the two of us enemies?"

Yuwen Yishuo said, "Of course the two are not enemies, but the composition of those people outside the city is unknown!"

Lao Lai said angrily, "General Yuwen means that the people outside the city are enemies!"

Yuwen Yishuo continued: "I don't know yet, but the situation is very suspicious!"

Lao Lai finally got angry and said, "Yuwen Yishuo, it's very simple to verify the ingredients, just take your men and horses out to fight with me!"

Xie Tong saw that Lao Lai was angry, and knew what he was thinking, he and Yuwen Yishuo had known each other earlier, and the relationship was very close, and now Yuwen Yishuo suspected that the people outside the city were the spies of the enemy army, how could this make Lao Lai suffer, so he was angry.

Yuwen Yishuo was silent for a moment.

Xie Tong said, "Listen to me, Brother Yuwen thinks that the 40,000 horses outside the city are Huang Chao's people, and we are the vanguard of Huang Chao to lure the enemy, yes and no!"

Yuwen Yishuo nodded, but did not make a sound.

Old Lai was furious, and he immediately raised his true anger and made a gesture to fight with Yuwen Yishuo.

Xie Tong hurriedly rushed to Lao Lai's side, stopped his impulse, and said, "Brother Yuwen, you are a reasonable person, you can not believe me Xie Tong, but you can't wronged Brother Lai, after so many years, what kind of person he is, don't you know?"

Yuwen Yishuo pondered for a moment, and finally said" Since the comeback of Huangchao, leading the army, with unbeatable strength, swept both sides of the river, first defeated Xue Yue's army, and then broke through Xiangyang, carved has arrived around Luoyang, and Zhu Wen is also in the south of the Yangtze River blossoms, Song Wenyuan is defeated and retreated, according to reliable information, has been defeated and retreated to Jinan, the war is inevitable, and the form is not optimistic, in this case, the two of you suddenly brought out an army of 40,000 people, appeared in Tongguan, so how do I believe that Xiangyang has been broken, Lord Wang has been martyred, and you escaped alive Try to ask if there is such an army in the city, how can Xiangyang be breached, Lao Lai, you tell me, give me an answer。 ”

Lao Lai said angrily, "They are all soldiers of Huangchao, and so are the two of us, come, you are brave enough to kill us!

Xie Tong hurriedly said, "Brother Yuwen, this matter is a long story, not all of these troops are the defenders of Xiangyang City, most of them are mercenaries recruited by me", and then he told Yuwen Yishuo about the decisive battle between Cao Gong's treasure and Xiangyang.

Yuwen Yishuo was in awe after hearing this, and he admired Wang Daoxun very much, and immediately said, "I misunderstood you", he paused, and continued, "Originally, I knew that you two were not treacherous people, but it was only because you led the army to flee Xiangyang and caused the adults to die tragically, so I felt angry."

The anger in Lao Lai's heart has been half gone, and he said with a smile: "Yuwen Yishuo, is Lao Tzu the kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death? It is a fact that Xiangyang cannot be defended, but without Lord Wang's order, Lao Tzu also coexists and dies with Xiangyang, Lao Tzu's move is completely to save troops, otherwise do you really think Lao Tzu is a bear bag?"

Although it was a stinking scolding, Yuwen Yishuo listened to it in his ears, but it was also very useful, he changed his serious face, and said with a smile, "To be honest, until now, I don't think you are greedy for life and afraid of death, hey, don't say it, the younger brother will prepare a banquet now, wash the dust for the two of you, and take it as a reparation."

Lao Lai said, "You will be free from the wind and dust, and the brothers outside the city have not eaten for several days, and they have not been accepted into the city."

Yuwen Yishuo said without hesitation: "Little brother, let's do it."

Xie Tong said, "Let's do it for the time being! Such a large army, rash progress will affect order, please ask Brother Yuwen to send military supplies such as grain, grass and clothing, the younger brother is grateful!"

Yuwen Yishuo said, "Brother turned to fight thousands of miles, alone against the Huangchao army, is the first general of my Tang Empire, I am hiding in Tongguan, envy and admiration, such a heroic army, how to endure the wind and rain outside the city, should be treated with the highest standard, and my Yuwen Yishuo's highest respect, I want to personally meet them." ”

Xie Tong and Lao Lai were stunned at the same time, and the contrast between Yuwen Yishuo was too great, but with such a soldier, the Tang Empire may still have hope of resisting Huangchao.

Yuwen Yishuo reorganized his soldiers and horses, and together with Xie Tong and Lao Lai, he slowly went out of the city and marched towards the camp tent of the army.

Huo Zixin sulked in the camp tent, and the herald suddenly came to report, a large number of troops poured out of the city, all cavalry, there were 20,000 people, and they had already rushed over the camp.

Huo Zixin immediately got up and said angrily, "Grandma's Yuwen Yishuo, it's really bullying people to get home, are we really vulnerable?

He said to himself, "Damn, if he doesn't fight today, he Yuwen will call his father, and Lao Tzu will not be surnamed Huo, this **** is simply too deceitful." ”

He walked out of the camp tent stupidly, turned over on his horse, and said, "Brothers, although we escaped from Xiangyang, we are not deserters, today we will use our combat effectiveness to let Yuwen Yishuo take a look and rush me."

Before the words fell, the nightingale rode in from outside the camp, saw Huo Zixin's appearance, and asked, "Huo boy, what are you doing?"

Huo Zixin said, "What else can you do, it's all bullying people to this situation, it's simply unreasonable, an army that fights on the front line is actually treated like this, Lao Tzu is angry, the other side is killed, don't you resist?"

Nightingale smiled and said, "That's something, Yuwen Yishuo and Xie Tong are together to take us into the city, quickly put down the weapons in your hands." ”

As soon as these words came out, Huo Zixin couldn't believe his ears, and the soldiers were even more ecstatic, they traveled long distances in the absence of food and grass, and came all the way to Tongguan, and they were already disheartened by this kind of treatment, and now the form has changed greatly, who wouldn't be happy!

Huo Zixin was stunned and said, "This Xie kid really has some means, let's go!

The soldiers poured out of the camp, and Huo Zixin really saw the three of them driving side by side and came to the outside of the camp.

Yuwen Yishuo turned over and dismounted, facing all the soldiers, bowed and said, "You and others with their own strength, resisting hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, is my first-class hero of the Tang Empire, I Yuwen Yishuo admired, it was just a small misunderstanding before, I hope many brothers don't take it to heart", he paused and continued, "Now you have come to Tongguan with great difficulty, which is equivalent to returning home, I, Yuwen Yishuo, on behalf of all the soldiers of Tongguan, welcome you home, you are the bravest soldiers of the Tang Empire." The city has prepared delicious food and wine, so enjoy it!"

Many soldiers immediately burst into cheers.

The army began to slowly enter the city, and Yuwen Yishuo set up a banquet in the city lord's mansion to entertain everyone.

This group of people has not drunk wine and eaten meat for a long time, so naturally they are all extremely happy.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors.

Xie Tong said, "Brother Yuwen, I don't know what you think about the general trend of the world!"

According to my analysis, Song Wenyuan fought against the Gu army in Jinan, and should not be Zhu Wen's opponent, and the wiser choice is to abandon Jinan, retreat to Luoyang, and work with Sima Xiangru to resist the enemy according to Luoyang's fortification and natural dangers!" )